Staying Fit In A Combat Zone

Staying “Combat Ready” in a Combat Zone -- Military.com Physical fitness and deployments play a significant part the Marine Corps lifestyle....

The U.S. Army Embraces New Fitness Routines

Army Boot Camp Embraces New-Age Fitness -- NPR During the past decade, the U.S. Army has faced what it regards as a serious internal threat:...

A Counter Argument To Reports That Our Obesity Epidemic Is A Threat To National Security

From Slate: The obesity epidemic has nothing to do with national security. " My name's Dewey Oxberger ; my friends call me 'Ox...

75% Of Military-Age Americans Are Ineligible For Military Service

Image from MSNBC School Lunch Helping Make Americans Too Fat To Enlist? -- Time Magazine More than a quarter of all Americans between the ag...

Fast Food, White Bread, And Pasta Are Out For New U.S. Army Recruits

Drop and Give Me 20: Army Gets New Fitness Plan -- CBS News/AP Mess Halls Receive Nutrition Overhaul as Workouts are Revamped for "Sold...

Can A Civilian Get Navy SEAL Fit?

From Military.com: Guest Writer: Jim K from Thessaloniki, Greece One day I came across in the internet Navy SEAL fitness books (about one y...

Air Force Unveils New Fitness Program

Revisions to the Air Force fitness program take affect Jan. 1, 2010, and bring about some of the most significant changes to fitness standar...